What a Way to Live

What a Way to Live
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1994 (1994-09-13)
Recorded1993–1994
Studio
GenreCountry
Length33:25
LabelDecca
ProducerMark Wright
Mark Chesnutt chronology
Almost Goodbye
(1993)
What a Way to Live
(1994)
Wings
(1995)
Singles from What a Way to Live
  1. "She Dreams"
    Released: July 12, 1994
  2. "Goin' Through the Big D"
    Released: October 18, 1994
  3. "Gonna Get a Life"
    Released: February 21, 1995
  4. "Down in Tennessee"
    Released: June 12, 1995
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What a Way to Live is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for Decca Records, it earned RIAA gold certification in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. The tracks "She Dreams", "Goin' Through the Big D", "Gonna Get a Life", and "Down in Tennessee" were all released as singles, peaking at #6, #2, #1, and #23, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "She Dreams" was co-written and originally recorded by Tim Mensy on his 1992 album This Ol' Heart, from which it was released as a single, peaking at #74 on the country charts that year. Mark duets with Waylon Jennings on the track "Rainy Day Woman" which Jennings first recorded on his 1974 album The Ramblin' Man. The title track was originally recorded by Willie Nelson in 1960.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. What a Way to Live at AllMusic